Walnut Hills High School - Remembrancer Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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Speech, journalism stress originalit In addiTion To preparing sTuolenTs Tor parTicipaTion in school proolucTions, speech classes help sTuolenTs acquire self- confidence and poise in public and every-clay speaking. Any sTudenT who wanTs To Take speech may elecT a Two and one half period a week course, while luniors and seniors who have com- pleTeol Two years of speech and have passed an oral exam may qualify Tor special speech. Special speech sTudenTs sTudy The hisTory of olrama. The ad- vanced speech class also presenTs an an- nual program on Thanksgiving, and an assembly in The spring. Journalism sTu- clenTs noT only learn To disfinguish be- Tween The various meThods of wriTing buT also have an opporTuniTy To pracTice using These skills. The Training which The sfudenrs geT in wrifing various Types of arTicles, TogeTher wiTh insTrucTion in copy-reading and headline wrifing, pre- pare journalism pupils Tor publicarion work. Presenfing a Thanksgiving assembly is an annual feafure of The Special Speech class. 'L :,'..P f 2'S-ff' 'fsv-ftw' 'IST ROW: Mr. Harold lnskeep, English, Miss Martha Keegan, Eng- lish, Speech, Mrs. Katherine Lappa, English. 2ND ROW: Miss Vivian Ross, English, Dr. Edwin H. Sauer, English. 3RD ROW: Miss Mabel Schweikert, English, Mrs. Marie Wells, English. QSQN4'-.Af-5 Y , 'I - N- 'h1x,' -.'37'mf-75? sf S ,. AynfV 'Nf'35fL 1,54-0 .N-cfs' -'N-JN ...nr 'NNN' 'I9

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English students communicate ideas Gathering material for source themes forms an important part of senior English. Proficiency in grommor, skill in compo- sition, and comprehension in reading are the main obiectives ol the English course at Walnut Hills. Students who follow the traditional curricular read and discuss such classics as Robinson Crusoe, Johnny Tremain, A Midsummer Nightfs Dream, The Yearling, My Anton- ia, and The Scarlet Letter. Seniors se- lected for the advanced standing pro- gram analyze Works of such eminent authors as Emerson, Thoreau, Eliot, Hem- ingway, and Joyce. All English courses offer voluoble instruction in the various forms of composition-expository, argu- mentative, narrative, and descriptive. For the first time iunior and senior classes studied informative articles appearing in the Atlantic Monthly. Through writing, speaking, and reading good English the student becomes well-versed in the art of communication. lST ROW: Miss Esther Cahill, Eng- lish, Mrs. Alice Z. Gire, English, Journalism. 2ND ROW: Mr. Alex- ander Glesen, English, Mr. Wayne Gregory, Speech. 3RD ROW: Miss Elizabeth Guilfoyle, English, Miss Wilma Hutchison, English. 'I8

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Latin describes Roman customs, laws 'lST ROW: Mrs. Dixie Campbell, Latin, Mrs. Marie-Louise Creelman, Spanish. 2ND ROW: Mrs. Madge W. Galbreath, Latin, Miss Rosemary Hope, Latin. 3RD ROW: Mr. Joseph Knab, Latin, History, Miss Martha Kitzman, Latin, German. Travel posters attract Latin stuclents. 20 ,- At Walnut Hills a complete six- year Latin program is offered, the first Three years of which are compulsory. Seventh and eighth graders learn the basic grammar of the language and build up a Latin vocabulary. Ninth graders begin the study of Caesar's Gal- lic Wars with the translation of the 'famous line: Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres. In the tenth and eleventh grades students read the immortal works of Cic- ero and Virgil. Virgil and Horace are studied by pupils taking the honors course, Latin l2 VI. This extensive Latin program aids stu- dents beginning courses in Ro- mance languages, and provides an excellent account of the an- cient Roman civilization.